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Paper, 'Further observations of the Jaculator fish' by Hommel

Reference number: L&P/4/332

Date: 15 February 1766

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some further intelligence relating to the jaculator fish, mentioned in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764, Art. XIV. from Mr. Hommel, at Batavia [colonial name of the capital of the Dutch East Indies, now Jakarta, Indonesia], together with the description of another species, by Dr. Pallas, F. R. S. in a letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. from John Albert Schlosser, M.D. F. R. S.'

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Reference number
L&P/4/332
Earliest possible date
15 February 1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Further observations of the Jaculator fish' by Hommel, 15 February 1766, L&P/4/332, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_332/paper-further-observations-of-the-jaculator-fish-by-hommel, accessed on 13 February 2025

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